159: Time Eater

The rumbling sound of the Broken Dragon Stone, mixed with a bloody smell, appeared, thoroughly waking up the previously sleepy people who were still alive.

In just a few breaths, the team of fifteen strong individuals instantly lost nearly half its members.

At this moment, the surviving strong individuals around them all looked towards Ying She at the very front, their eyes flickering with surprise and uncertainty.

This quiet and eerie situation lasted for several minutes. Blood Dragon slightly raised his head, sniffed the blood in the air, and slowly moved forward, beginning to devour the flesh and blood of the deceased strong individuals.

The sound of tearing flesh rang out, which finally made this stone forest seem to be full of life again.

At the front, Ying She noticed the gazes of the numerous strong individuals and could only slowly turn around to explain, "I have never experienced this before, whether you believe it or not."

Ying She was very smart; he knew that at this moment, he had to express his attitude first; everything else was secondary.

After listening to Ying She's extremely serious explanation, which didn't sound like a lie, Qingyang didn't know about the other strong individuals, but at least Qingyang chose to believe him for now.

That fellow, Blood Dragon, was like he hadn't seen flesh and blood in eight lifetimes. In just over ten minutes, he devoured all the strong individuals who had been crushed to death.

Strangely, as the Broken Dragon Stone fell, the feeling that made the numerous strong individuals extremely tired and want to sleep also slowly receded like a tide.

Without the sleepiness, the remaining strong individuals who were alive also became more active in their thoughts, starting to observe this seemingly endless stone forest.

At a certain moment, in the small team where Kong Yun was located, the Thirteenth-Order peak Fierce Beast suddenly let out a roar and said, "Look, there are words here."

Sound suddenly appeared in the quiet stone forest, and one by one, Human strong individuals and Fierce Beasts instantly gathered around.

These words were the common script of the Inner Realm, similar to ancient text, and Qingyang recognized some of them.

In contrast, the Thirteenth-Order peak Fierce Beast, after speaking loudly, also slowly began to read it aloud.

"My name is Shi Shi, named after my race, the Shi Shi race, a race that is an anomaly whether on Blue Star or in the Inner Realm."

Beneath a stone peak, there was a simple self-introduction that seemed to have been carved with sharp claws.

Since words had been discovered, the numerous strong individuals began to deliberately search while moving forward.

Finally, after another seven days, Qingyang also discovered another piece of text.

"The Shi Shi race does not seek ultimate power or invincibility, only eternal life. Shi Shi, Shi Shi, devouring the lifespan of other Spirit User Organizations and grafting it onto oneself. I am so lonely, my kin, where are you?"

This time, the moment Blood Dragon read out this passage, all the strong individuals present combined it with the previously discovered words and finally obtained some information.

This dangerous place was indeed, as Ying She said, the place where a Divine Beast had perished. Furthermore, the name of this Divine Beast seemed to be Shi Shi, or perhaps it belonged to the Shi Shi race.

To find out more details, Ying She immediately led the group, accelerating their search while saying, "This time, it's similar to when I was trapped before. We are now lost,"

But the difference is, I have led you out of the first difficulty."

However, no matter how much the group accelerated their forward movement or continued to inquire, they still only found another passage on the seventh day.

"First-Order Spirit User Organizations, lifespan exceeds one hundred; Second-Order, two hundred; Third-Order, three hundred, and so on, until after Tenth-Order, each order increases lifespan by one thousand."

"Life is unpredictable; sickness, injury, emotions, Deng Deng, will reduce lifespan depending on the circumstances. However, the Sixteenth-Order, with a total lifespan of six thousand nine hundred, is a great calamity for living beings, impossible to overcome. Only the Shi Shi race can pass."

This passage caused the faces of all the strong individuals present to change simultaneously, especially Qingyang's.

Lifespan, a very cruel word. When lifespan is nearing its end, life reaches its conclusion.

But today, this passage clearly explained how much lifespan each order increased.

Back then, why was Ba Qing so crazy, even sacrificing his own companions? His purpose was to survive.

At that time, according to lifespan calculations, it was absolutely impossible for Ba Qing's life to be depleted.

Then there was only one possibility: he had been injured before, and it was a very severe injury that directly damaged his lifespan.

A hundred years is a cycle. Except for a very small number of living beings, most living beings, including Humans, seem to find it difficult to live for a hundred years.

But as long as one breaks through to First-Order, which is becoming a Spirit User Organization, their lifespan will be directly fixed at one hundred years.

This is the rule of heaven and earth, and also the initial lifespan of growth.

Of course, there are some creatures whose lifespan may be longer than a hundred years, but there is no doubt that only by embarking on this path can one extend their lifespan.

After all, increasing lifespan by one hundred years for every increase in order is a considerable temptation.

Currently, Qingyang's strength is Thirteenth-Order, which means that without accidents, Qingyang can live for three thousand nine hundred years.

Three thousand nine hundred years seems very long, but every time he is injured in battle, Deng Deng, his lifespan is actually accelerating its decline without Qingyang even knowing it.

So Qingyang's actual lifespan now will only be shorter.

Because this passage affected every strong individual, everyone fell silent for a moment, their hearts extremely complex as they continued to search for the next passage while contemplating their own situation.

When another seven days passed, the moment the strong individuals saw the words carved beneath the stone peak again, everyone finally realized something was wrong.

First of all, the speed at which they searched for words three consecutive times was different, especially the second time, when the strong individuals were essentially moving at full speed, yet it still took seven days.

It was under this kind of worry that the strong individuals looked at the third passage again.

"Stone Forest, Time Forest, one day equals one year, lifespan exhausted, cannot leave the Time Forest."

This time, the number of words was the fewest, but it made all the strong individuals' scalps tingle simultaneously.

The meaning of this passage was very simple and clear: one day spent here was equivalent to one year outside.

At this moment, Qingyang subconsciously said, "It's been twenty-one days since we came in, which means twenty-one years, twenty-one years, damn it."

Around them, the faces of the numerous strong individuals were also covered in gloom, especially Ying She at the very front.

When he first formed a partnership with Ying She, Kong Yun had specifically told Qingyang about this Divine Beast, Ying She.

He had been the Bei Guan City guard for a thousand years, and before that, he had been an Order Keeper and Order Keeper Captain outside Bei Guan City for nearly a thousand years.

Ying She was also Thirteenth-Order, so his lifespan was roughly similar to Qingyang's.

But let's not forget, all the strong individuals present had climbed up from mountains of corpses and seas of blood through battle. Who hadn't been injured? Who hadn't damaged their lifespan?

So this is also why Ying She was the most heavy-hearted; his lifespan was not much left.